FRIDAY, JAN. 11 ROUNDUP: EA-WR beats Dupo

Published
12:00 am CST, Saturday, January 12, 2013

East Alton-Wood River built a 12-point halftime lead and held on to beat the Dupo Tigers 51-47 on Friday night at Memorial Gym in Wood River.

Devin Spurlock scored 18 points and Aaron Ragusa chipped in 12 for the Oilers, who improve to 7-10. Dupo, which trailed 30-18 at the half, got a game-high 25 points from Matt McDonald. The Tigers are 5-12.

Litchfield 44, Gillespie 36 - The Miners led 24-21 at halftime, but mustered just 12 points in the second half in a South Central Conference loss in Gillespie.

Chris Halpin led the Miners with 14 points. The Purple Panthers got 12 points from Eric Donahoe and 10 from Alex Hull.

Lebanon 52, Bunker Hill 20 - The Minutemen trailed 11-2 after one quarter and 27-9 at halftime in the nonconference loss at Hlafka Hall in Bunker Hill.

Ryan Gvillo scored nine points to lead the Minutemen, who fall to 3-14. Lebanon, which had lost four in a row and seven of it last eight games, got 17 points from Tywansley Lashley. The Greyhounds are 7-9.

Mount Olive 44, Franklin 37 - The Wildcats produced their second win of the season by whipping the Flashes in Mount Olive.

The 2-16 Wildcats led 13-6 after one quarter and 21-16 at halftime before shutting out Franklin 6-0 in the third quarter. Brandon Ellington scored 14 points to lead Mount Olive.

Winchester Tournament - No. 7 seed Liberty finalized a date in tonight's championship game by beating No. 3 Waverly 68-42 in a semifinal at Winchester. Liberty will meet top-seeded Payson-Seymour at 7 p.m. today for the title in the 91st edition of the storied tourney.

In two consolation games, host West Central defeated Concord Triopia 53-44 and Camp Point Central beat Carrollton 46-30 in a fifth-place semifinal. The loss eliminates the Hawks from the tourney.